that the environment bore and carried an intrinsic right of its own because we are all part of the environment and, therefore, it is all of our duty to protect the environment. exhorted people and leaders to try to stop wars and talked about the ordinary men, women and children who are those who bleed and die and weep in wars. given that wars are now really against civilians instead of military pieces. >> john ellis, so much of this piece is was devoted to the environment, climate change. why is this -- all of a sudden, it seems in recent years become such a powerful issue for the pope? >> well, i think the pope believes that we are at a pivotal turning point. that things could go either way. and that something fundamental is at stake. one thing we probably have to say is that francis did something quite unusual by papal standards, in that he specifically pointed to the looming paris summit on climate change, which is set for november 30th to december 11th. he has been talking about that a